BBC? Does it have a moral purpose?

[Gordon]

See here for the R3 moral maze discussion:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01n6rsm/Moral_Maze_The_Morality_of_Public_Service_Broadcasting/

[Paul Sherratt]

Certainly Gordon, moral or immoral, it's there to help keep us all in our place.

[teamsaint]

Certainly Gordon, moral or immoral, it's there to help keep us all in our place.

sure is.

[french frank]

Not sure that the discussion illuminated much. I suppose the response is: It depends what you mean by a moral purpose (and, obviously, assuming that the question implies: Does BBC broadcasting have a moral purpose ...? rather than whether the institution is a beacon of morality).

[Serial_Apologist]

Not sure that the discussion illuminated much. I suppose the response is: It depends what you mean by a moral purpose (and, obviously, assuming that the question implies: Does BBC broadcasting have a moral purpose ...? rather than whether the institution is a beacon of morality).

Which, in turn, as Professor Joad would have said, depends on what one means by "purpose".